{"id":284,"date":"2020-08-25T20:47:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T20:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/?page_id=284"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:13:59","slug":"284-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/284-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DECOLONISING LITERATURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"516\">Reading is a powerful tool for reshaping our understanding of history, culture, and identity. Decolonising literature means actively engaging with voices that have been silenced or marginalised, challenging dominant narratives, and embracing diverse ways of storytelling. By expanding our literary horizons, we create space for perspectives that reflect the complexities of different histories and lived experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"518\" data-end=\"560\">Explore our decolonial reading sections:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"1020\"><strong data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"576\">Fiction<\/strong> \u2013 Immerse yourself in stories that reimagine history, identity, and resistance through the lens of decolonial thought <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/fiction\/\">in this section.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"1020\"><strong data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"716\">Non-Fiction<\/strong> \u2013 Engage with essays, memoirs, and critical works that question colonial legacies and offer new perspectives on knowledge and power <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/non-fiction\/\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"1020\"><strong data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"875\">Children\u2019s Books<\/strong> \u2013 Discover books that introduce young readers to diverse narratives, fostering awareness and appreciation of different cultures and histories <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/childrens-books\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/blogs\/\">on this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1129\">Every book is a step toward a more just and inclusive world. Start your decolonial reading journey today.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>If you\u2019d like to suggest additions to any lists, please get in touch via the contact page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading is a powerful tool for reshaping our understanding of history, culture, and identity. Decolonising literature means actively engaging with voices that have been silenced or marginalised, challenging dominant narratives, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1896,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-284","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/284\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/decolonising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}